Queer Planet

2023

Documentary

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 51% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 51%
IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 1012 1K

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Plot summary

When it comes to 'what Mother Nature intended', it turns out she was pretty open-minded. In this vivid, funny and eye-opening one-off doc we take the audience on a journey to explore the rich diversity of animal sexuality.

Director

Top cast

Sue Perkins Photo
Sue Perkins as (voice)
Andrew Rannells Photo
Andrew Rannells as (voice)
Danielle Edwards Photo
Danielle Edwards as Self - Herpetologist
Florence Schechter Photo
Florence Schechter as Self - Founder and Director
2160p.WEB
4.04 GB
3840*2160
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
N/A
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by snperera

One of my favorite documentaries ever!

This is such a beautiful and informative documentary! I love nature so much and to see how so many creatures are a part of the LGBT community is amazing and it proves that homophobia just exists with humans. This world of ours is so beautiful and big and wonderful and humans have destroyed with their hate and darkness. We need more light and more love and more hope and positivity and goodness in this world! Homophobia should have never ever existed! Being a part of the LGBTQIA community is natural and normal. This documentary needs to be shown to classrooms and universities everywhere! This documentary is so important!
Reviewed by ozjosh03 7 / 10

Over-queering the pitch

Queer Planet is a well-intentioned, visually stunning and enjoyably informative documentary, but also more than somewhat muddle-headed. In the concluding comments to the film the various scientist-presenters make the point that being more informed about just how queer nature can be might be key to humans being more tolerant of each other. It's odd then that Queer Planet is somewhat exclusively pitched at a queer audience, and would more than likely alienate those who most need to hear what it has to say. A big part of the problem is the gayer-than-gay narration by Andrew Rannells, jam-packed with gay culture allusions and you-go-gurl snark. It quickly becomes tiresome and by the end I would have been ready to endorse a fatwa on Rannells. I doubt your average straight viewer would find it appealing, much less entertaining. And anyone who came to the film sceptical or wary would instantly turn it off on the strength of the narration alone. There's a case for levity when it comes to selling science, but the wrong kind of levity only undermines and de-legitimises the science. This is very definitely the wrong kind of levity.
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